Saint Agapitus
![[Saint Agapitus]](saintabe.jpg "jpg detail of an old holy card with an image of a painting of Saint Agapitus; painting on the wall of the Cathedral of Palestrina; artist unknown; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
- Agapito
- Memorial
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18 April
formerly 18 August
- Profile
- Young martyr.
Because he was a young man, and because the heroic way he met his martyrdom brought about many conversions, his was a favourite story in times past, and often grew in the telling.
- Died
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thrown to wild animals in the arena
when they would not touch him, he was beheaded c.267 at Palestrina, Italy
relics at Palestrina and Besancon
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- against colic
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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